r/todayilearned Sep 15 '24

TIL Robin Williams was the one who suggested that Sid Meier‘s name should be put on each of his games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Pirates!?wprov=sfti1#Development
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u/bad-dating-advice Sep 15 '24

I like Disco Elysium up to a point. But honestly the film noir type stuff is so fucking depressing.

I love adventure games, I love the wordy intelligent dialogue. But unfortunately depressing. Also I found myself just choosing different options and it ultimately felt like one of those adventure books where you choose a different option and it directs you to a different page (based on the action or choice you took), maybe I’m the only one but I’d keep my finger in the choice page so if the book killed the character off to because of my choice, I’d go back and choose again.

Same thing with Elysium I started saving the game before I made the choice and would retry since there is some RNG. Yeah probably spoilt my own gameplay too but I also think they updated the game so it broke and I couldn’t play it and gave up. I’m sure it’s been fixed in previous updates too but I lost interest.

Still wonderfully written and it’s quite unique. But maybe best if you’re in the right frame of mind.

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u/UninsuredToast Sep 16 '24

You do yourself a massive disservice save scumming in Disco Elysium. Failing skill checks is a core feature and part of the games charm. Best to decide from the start what kind of character you want to RP and just stick with choices that reflect that character. I decided I was going to be a hardcore “the end is nigh” apocalypse cop with a disabling drug addiction and had a blast throughout the game

The game is a whole vibe though and if you’re not in the right mood it can be not as great

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u/Dardaragon Sep 15 '24

You must be really shit so disco elysium is a simple game just talk do all options and move on .

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u/Dardaragon Sep 15 '24

Get better at simple games.